Tips for buying Breathing Monitor

Before making a breathing
monitor purchase, facilities should carefully consider their needs and the
intended application of the monitors.

Both CO2 and O2 oxygen monitors
are offered in bench top and floor configurations. Line-powered models and
battery-powered models are available.

Facilities should obtain
performance data in the form of tcpO2 versus paO2 correlations at
recommended electrode temperatures. This should be examined for each breathing
monitor model being considered for purchase.

Facilities should also ask
manufacturers to provide references from clinical studies performed with
their transcutaneous blood gas monitors.

Some additional factors to
consider include the following: length and coverage of the warranty,
quantity discounts given by the oxygen monitor suppliers, and cost of
accessories.